The degree to which a nutrient is absorbed and ultimately available to be used in the body is called its ____________________.

Sore tongue, inflammation of the skin, depression, confusion, and small pale red blood cells represent the deficiency symptoms of vitamin _______. 

The chemical and mechanical processes by which the body breaks food down into individual nutrient molecules is __________________.

The duodenum, jejunum, and ileum represent the ____________________.

The processes by which the body regulates heat production is __________________________.

A poor Asian American refugee who has been eating polished white rice has been experiencing loss of appetite, weight loss, memory loss, confusion, muscle weakness, pain, numbness, and tingling in the feet and hands. Her diagnosis is ________________.

A food which has added vitamins and minerals which were not naturally present in the food is called __________________. 

Hypertension, hypernatremia, and bone loss are attributed to excess __________________.

A sedative dose of barbiturate produces all the following except:

Absorption of a drug from the site of injection is delayed by all of the following EXCEPT: